Country and western singer Taylor Swift, aged 24, was the highest earning young female celebrity last year bringing home a stunning $64m (£41m).

The song-writer's fifth album, 1989, was released earlier this year and sold more copies in its opening week in the US than any album in the previous twelve years, and made Swift the first and only act to have three albums sell more than one million copies in a week.

The only non-musician to break into the top highest earning young celebs was Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence who earned $34 (£27m) last year, largely on the back of the hugely successful 'Hunger Games' series.